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Author Archives: Marek

Poetry Comics Camp (2021)

How to create cartoons, make mini-comics, scribble story-scrolls, and more… all based on ideas from poems, songs, and other growing things!

Posted byMarek20 Apr 202107 Mar 2023Posted inComics Workshop, how to, poems, videoTags: CLiF, comics camp, Comics Workshop, education, how to, live-draw, poem, poetry1 Comment on Poetry Comics Camp (2021)

Comics Project: History Timeline (3-Panel Comic Strips)

Combining research & imagination to build common knowledge about an era…

Posted byMarek16 Mar 202116 Feb 2026Posted inComics Workshop, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, history, idea, lesson, research, teaching, unit, world war ii3 Comments on Comics Project: History Timeline (3-Panel Comic Strips)

Comics Project #3: Comics Investigation

Using the mini-comics book form as a way to question, research, and respond to new topics…

Posted byMarek15 Mar 202122 Apr 2025Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, idea, lesson, research, teaching, unit1 Comment on Comics Project #3: Comics Investigation

Comics Project #2: Primary Source Perspective

Combining texts with visuals to create informed original interpretations of the historical record!

Posted byMarek15 Mar 202103 Apr 2024Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, graphic novel, idea, lesson, teaching, unit2 Comments on Comics Project #2: Primary Source Perspective

Hospital Cat 2: Drawing Panels & Pages from Primary Sources

All those F.A.S.T. visual markups will really help us see the various parts of the story… So let’s draw!

Posted byMarek14 Mar 202124 Mar 2021Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman ColbyTags: cat, Civil War, comics, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, hospital, how to, panel, rat, sarah low3 Comments on Hospital Cat 2: Drawing Panels & Pages from Primary Sources

Comics Project #1: Graphic Novel Adaptation

Drawing our reading experiences in collaborative comics format…

Posted byMarek05 Mar 202111 Sep 2024Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, graphic novel, idea, lesson, teaching, unit2 Comments on Comics Project #1: Graphic Novel Adaptation

Umbrella Man™ #1 ☔ (Quick-Draw Video)

Goofy MINI-COMIC urban umbrella vigilante adventure!!

Posted byMarek28 Feb 202115 Sep 2024Posted incomics, mini-comics, superhero, videoTags: comics, Comics Workshop, hero, mini-comic, mini-comics, quick-draw, silly, superhero, team x-ray, umbrella, umbrella man, video5 Comments on Umbrella Man™ #1 ☔ (Quick-Draw Video)

Live-Draw: Mystery Fairy Village

Building funky fairy bungalows up in the branches…

Posted byMarek26 Feb 202118 Apr 2025Posted inBuild a World, Friday Doodles, how to, Live-Draws, videoTags: Build a World, Comics Workshop, doodle, fairy, forest, house, how to, patreon, tree, video, villageLeave a comment on Live-Draw: Mystery Fairy Village

F.A.S.T. STORYTELLING TOOLS: Hospital Cat Demo #1

These simple visual tools & marks will help primary source texts COME TO LIFE on your comics page!

Posted byMarek24 Feb 202116 Feb 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman ColbyTags: Civil War, comics, Comics Workshop, education, freeman colby, history, sarah low5 Comments on F.A.S.T. STORYTELLING TOOLS: Hospital Cat Demo #1

Monday Monsters Live: Ukulele Robot Vs. Monster Tuba!

Patrons’ choice session… (You asked for it!)

Posted byMarek22 Feb 202112 Oct 2021Posted inhow to, monsters, videoTags: cartooning, Comics Workshop, guitar, how to, ink, monday monster, monster, monsters, octopus, pencil, pianoLeave a comment on Monday Monsters Live: Ukulele Robot Vs. Monster Tuba!

“Magnet Migrants” (Mini)

Surprising secrets of magnets & migrating birds!

Posted byMarek16 Feb 202112 Mar 2025Posted incomics, Comics Workshop, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: bicknell's thrush, biology, birds, cartooning, comics, diary, earth, magnet, magnetism, migrant, migration, mini-comics, nature, physics, pigeon, robin, science4 Comments on “Magnet Migrants” (Mini)

Monday Monsters Live: Tentacle Piano!

Octopus + Piano = ??

Posted byMarek15 Feb 202101 Mar 2021Posted inhow to, monsters, videoTags: cartooning, Comics Workshop, guitar, how to, ink, monday monster, monster, monsters, octopus, pencil, piano1 Comment on Monday Monsters Live: Tentacle Piano!

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